You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to Europe

Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by ukulele on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:06PM (#16730434)

It's funny that Florida has such a pristine reputation internationally. I'm from the Southern US, and my view of Florida is that it's where 80% of the crazies in the US live.

Anytime I see a batsh*t crazy headline? Florida. Check the articles you see from now on and you'll notice a pattern.

So to all the internationals: if you like the US but not its extremes, definitely don't move to Florida.

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by DanielDent on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:11PM (#16730458)

Florida has embraced open records laws, while other US jurisdictions have not - certainly not to the same extent.

A significant portion of your observation can likely be attributed to reporting bias: it's easy/cheap for a journalist to browse the website of their local Florida police department. In another jurisdiction, that same story might involve: hiring an investigative journalist, spending 3 months, and fighting to have a FOIA request honoured.

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by dakrootie on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:44PM (#16730630)

Thank you. I was waiting for someone to bring this up. Native Floridian, born and raised. My whole life I’ve lovingly referred to our mad little peninsula as “The Freakshow State” (from personal observation growing up in Miami-Dade). This area most certainly deserves the title, but there’s a whole lotta state left. Boring orange groves, swamp, and simple folk. If you stay away from a few metropolitan areas you’ll be good. Some areas are indeed crazy, but the public transparency laws paint the whole state as a festering cesspool.

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by ukulele on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:13PM (#16730468)

My family vacations there every year and my grandparents lived there for 30 years. I can assure you the crazy is real and not imagined.

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by macroexpanse on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:17PM (#16730487)

You're not wrong about the crazy. The point is that it's not just Florida.

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by ianai on Sunday April 01, 2018 @06:17PM (#16730835)

Let us not forget, it was Nevadans who "occupied" an animal refuge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_Nati...

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by macroexpanse on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:12PM (#16730460)

Your ideas about Florida are a common misconception in America. The reason you see all the wacky "Florida Man" news is not due to Floridians being crazier than the rest of America. It is because of their local government disclosure laws:

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/how-floridas-proud-open-go...

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by VikingCoder on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:36PM (#16730589)

http://reddit.com/r/floridaman

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by yorby on Sunday April 01, 2018 @08:30PM (#16731381)

A lot of people are in Florida, so you end up with more headlines then from smaller states...

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by wyclif on Sunday April 01, 2018 @08:44PM (#16731436)

Florida Man. You're talking about Florida Man.

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